diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/mediatek/jpeg/mtk_jpeg_core.c b/drivers/media/platform/mediatek/jpeg/mtk_jpeg_core.c
index 8c684756d5fc..d147ec483081 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/mediatek/jpeg/mtk_jpeg_core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/mediatek/jpeg/mtk_jpeg_core.c
@@ -1202,7 +1202,8 @@ static int mtk_jpeg_release(struct file *file)
 	struct mtk_jpeg_dev *jpeg = video_drvdata(file);
 	struct mtk_jpeg_ctx *ctx = mtk_jpeg_file_to_ctx(file);
 
-	cancel_work_sync(&ctx->jpeg_work);
+	if (jpeg->variant->jpeg_worker)
+		cancel_work_sync(&ctx->jpeg_work);
 	mutex_lock(&jpeg->lock);
 	v4l2_m2m_ctx_release(ctx->fh.m2m_ctx);
 	v4l2_ctrl_handler_free(&ctx->ctrl_hdl);